NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M vs ATI Radeon HD 4650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and ATI Radeon HD 4650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

ATI Radeon HD 4650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 48 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 30
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1903 vs 1891
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1903 vs 1891

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 10 September 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 48 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	42 vs 30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1903 vs 1891
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1903 vs 1891

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4650

2.1x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
3.2x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 121.44 gflops
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 250 vs 218

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 121.44 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	250 vs 218

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

218

250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1903

1891

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1903

1891

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	ATI Radeon HD 4650
PassMark - G3D Mark	218	250
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	30
Geekbench - OpenCL	5251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1903	1891
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1903	1891

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	ATI Radeon HD 4650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT216	RV730
Launch date	10 January 2010	10 September 2008
Place in performance rating	1584	1586
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops	384.0 gflops
Gigaflops	182
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	320
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	48 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	514 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		193 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
SLI